Post #2292213

2025-02-13 17:00 UTC

Sigh. Tough post. #Fedihired So I found that #DOGE is currently in the org I work at. Ive confirmed from 2 colleagues. They're going after contractors first, since we have mostly no protections. I've been looking since Nov 6, but now things are getting down to the wire. I'm a senior cloud systems engineer. Current is administering/developing #ArcGIS #GIS . Previously was systems engineer with greenfielding and putting together multiple ATO's. Before that, was systems engineer at a NOC. I highly prefer #remote but can travel 60 miles around #bloomingtonIN

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@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange 2025-02-14 17:10

So this is public... 1000 VA probationary employees were fired at 9pm last night. This is public knowledge at the link below. #DOGE firings are capricious, sudden, and final. From colleagues in other agencies, there's been no handoffs or time to work with colleagues to maintain projects through a dismissal. I see no reason why the VA would be any different in this case. https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-dismisses-more-than-1000-employees/

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@FeloniousPunk@beige.party 2025-02-13 17:53

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange I have a friend who works with ArcGIS data. I don’t know if they are hiring but, checkout carbonmapper.org

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@nlowery@hachyderm.io 2025-02-13 18:05

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange no idea if it’s a good fit but we have a senior infra engineer spot (among others) open https://www.going.com/careers/senior-software-engineer-2

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@krystyna@toad.social 2025-02-13 19:15

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange Sounds like you will land on your feet as you have good tech skills. I am curious: what do you think will happen with the work load of your department. Obvi to me, contractors were hired to augment full timers.

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@RIJim@mastodon.social 2025-02-13 20:44

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange Not a hiring manager but my company is all remote and is always looking for tech folks. Good luck. www.bottomline.com

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@manvsxerox@mindly.social 2025-02-13 21:14

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange as a fellow contractor I'm so sorry. I know it's not much but I was on the job hunt recently and a headhunter actually recently reached out to me, I'm happy to get you in contact with Him. He's based out of the Chicago area. On a side note, spread word around about this, I've had a worry about this as well. (My org didn't sue #FelonMusk so I think we are in the clear). And many of my friends said "You're fine, they just want to get rid of workers because they cost more and have pensions". That is a misconception that needs to be cleared up. He said he had remote positions available.

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@bathtub_jen@shakedown.social 2025-02-13 22:15

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange Hey! 👋 Not sure this is exactly what you're looking for, but may fit your skill set. I worked for this company in tech support several years ago. They do geodata visualization software. Kind of a competitor to Arc/ESRI, but a tiny little company. Came across the post recently, but don't know how long it's been active... https://www.goldensoftware.com/about/join-our-team/

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@platypusparent@aus.social 2025-02-13 23:41

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange any local government around the world would love to have you!

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@ark@social.lol 2025-02-14 03:56

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange good luck, stay strong... ✊

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@paulywill@fosstodon.org 2025-02-14 05:16

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange https://kolektiva.social/@cscott/114000493614287742

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@MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social 2025-02-20 14:52

@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange @robertpi@functional.cafe

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